Rotten
Well-acted but plodding...
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Farewell
Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.
2009 · 1h 53m · NOT RATED
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Christian Carion
Overview
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The movie earns its tension and suspense the old-fashioned way: By making you care about its characters, who live in a recognizably real world...
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
In the high-noon finale, the personal and the political have an effectively tense showdown, with the double-crosses and getaways we expect from a good espionage flick.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
A smart and suspenseful thriller, but one that's grounded in the reality of the world we all live in -- whether we're spies or engineers.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Carion might have found a more artful way to dramatize the case's geopolitical impact, but this is still pretty interesting stuff.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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